01-13-2020, 11:16 AM
(01-12-2020, 12:22 PM)Remy Renault Wrote: I haven't participated in this forum in ages and am a little embarrassed by some of the more "provocative" comments I posted on here a few years back. In any case, speaking as a Millie myself, regarding the supposedly "worthless" culture of Gen X-ers, I think they're arguably superior to the Prophets just preceding them in terms of artistic output. Most of the 'culture' associated with Boomers was mostly created by Silents anyway. For instance, the best Baby Boomer film directors, at least in the US, are either cuspers like Scorsese and Malick or very atypical of their generation like David Lynch, who's not a 'typical Boomer' at all. Maybe it's a different scenario with the European boomer filmmakers like Almodovar and Fassbinder, for instance. I'm not sure.
Artistic achievement is a poor yardstick to measure Prophets and Nomads. I agree that the most recent artistic fire was a gift from the Silents, but both Boomers and Xers have contributed heavily … more to music than film, to be honest about it.
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